Challenge Bowl with enhanced rim

My entry is pretty simple. It's 6.75" X 2", Russian Olive, with a raised bead of purple sparkly Inlace in the rim. It's finished with Deft then waxed and buffed by hand. I completed it a couple weeks ago and it has since warped some so that it's not perfectly round and the rim isn't quite flat anymore. The Inlace is set into a 1/4" deep groove and it seems to be holding tight and warping right along with the wood.

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cfuller

Registered: November 2004
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Date: Mon June 20, 2005
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Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Never even thought about going this way with the decorating of the rim until I accidently saw Phil's and Jeane's a couple of weeks ago. The concentric grooves are very simple while changing the draw of the rim completely. Now you've gone and added a bead of sparkly inlace.

Curt, I look forward to setting this lovely piece along side those of the others that I've collected from some of the other turners here on WR. Thanks for participating. I hope you enjoy the piece I've made as much as I will enjoy this piece. 8)

#1 Mon June 20, 2005 3:06am

Most of us woodturners are a bit "warpped" so why not a bowl? Nicely done, Curt.

#2 Mon June 20, 2005 4:11am

Gil

Curt, that is a fine looking bowl, and the Inlace application is a very good thought. It is hard to discern the finish, but I bet it is a good one.

#3 Mon June 20, 2005 4:16am

Philip Peak

I an curious as to how you managed to get the inlace raised and shaped. It really makes the rim something you want to touch and see how it feels

#4 Mon June 20, 2005 4:41am

Chris Wright

I too like the raised inlace bead...never thought of that. Nice work Curt.

#5 Mon June 20, 2005 3:38pm

cfuller

The raised inlace bead was more accident than plan. When I mixed the colored sparkles into it and added the catalyst the stuff thickened much more than normal. So the low viscosity allowed it to 'stand up' considerably higher than the rim of the bowl. When I finished the rim I just decided to leave it raised.

#6 Thu June 23, 2005 12:57am

Gil

Good idea, and it turned out to be nicely unusual. I do not know anything about Inlace; did you use a scraper ground to that bead shape to form it, or is it soft enough to cut with a skew?

#7 Thu June 23, 2005 2:09am

cfuller

It was cut with a skew. Inlace is basically just a crystal clear epoxy resin. You can buy it pre-mixed in different colors or just clear and add all sorts of things to it. It turns very nice and clean and polishes with whatever finish you put on the wood.

#8 Thu June 23, 2005 3:09am

Gil

Thanks Curt.

#9 Thu June 23, 2005 3:35am